Jiten beta

indicates possessive ; nominalizes verbs and adjectives ; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion ; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis ; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

アイス

x7 | Rank #3,022

ice ; ice cream ; ice pop; ice lolly; popsicle ; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee) ; ice (stimulant drug) ; usurer; usury; loansharking

食(た)べる

x4 | Rank #241

to eat ; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

ね

x32 | Rank #14

right?; isn't it?; doesn't it?; don't you?; don't you think? ; hey; say; listen; look; come on ; you know; you see; I must say; I should think ; will you?; please ; so, ...; well, ...; you see, ...; you understand? ; I'm not sure if ...; I have my doubts about whether ...

えっ

x17 | Rank #73

huh?; what's up?

何(なん)で

x4 | Rank #248

why?; what for? ; how?; by what means?

テーブル

x1 | Rank #1,859

table

に

x121 | Rank #5

at (place, time); in; on; during ; to (direction, state); toward; into ; for (purpose) ; because of (reason); for; with ; by; from ; as (i.e. in the role of) ; per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month") ; and; in addition to ; if; although

白(しろ)い

x1 | Rank #1,229

white

跡(あと)

x12 | Rank #2,999

trace; tracks; mark; sign ; site; remains; ruins ; scar

が

x129 | Rank #4

indicates the subject of a sentence ; indicates possession ; but; however; (and) yet; though; although; while ; and ; used after an introductory remark or explanation ; regardless of ...; whether ... (or not); no matter ... ; indicates a desire or hope ; softens a statement ; indicates doubt ; indicates scorn

つく

x3 | Rank #13,625

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed ; to ascend (the throne); to accede ; to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart ; to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice

は

x134 | Rank #2

indicates sentence topic ; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated) ; adds emphasis

すぐに

x1 | Rank #370

immediately; right away; at once; instantly

スプーン

x1 | Rank #8,698

spoon

を

x136 | Rank #3

indicates direct object of action ; indicates subject of causative expression ; indicates an area traversed ; indicates time (period) over which action takes place ; indicates point of departure or separation of action ; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

置(お)く

x4 | Rank #596

to put; to place ; to leave (behind) ; to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up ; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.) ; to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool ; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house ; to separate spatially or temporally ; to do something in advance ; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

時(とき)

x6 | Rank #111

time; hour; moment ; occasion; case ; chance; opportunity; season ; the times; the age; the day ; tense

だ

x18 | Rank #8

be; is

と

x54 | Rank #6

if; when ; and ; with ; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.) ; promoted pawn ; indicates a question

推(すい)測(そく)

x1 | Rank #4,333

guess; conjecture

同(どう)時(じ)に

x1 | Rank #927

at the same time; at once; simultaneously; concurrently ; just as ...; the moment ...; just after ... ; (but) at the same time; as well as; also; on the other hand

思(おも)い出(だ)す

x1 | Rank #669

to recall; to remember; to recollect

のです

x2 | Rank #342

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

んです

x63 | Rank #42

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

大(たい)切(せつ)

x2 | Rank #783

important; significant; serious; crucial ; precious; valuable; dear; cherished; beloved ; careful

取(と)る

x1 | Rank #366

to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold ; to pass; to hand; to give ; to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation) ; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose ; to remove; to get rid of; to take off ; to take away; to steal; to rob ; to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins) ; to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop) ; to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside ; to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep

こと

x33 | Rank #13

thing; matter ; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis ; circumstances; situation; state of affairs ; work; business; affair ; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to ; nominalizing suffix ; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... ; alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or ; necessity; need ; you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...

でも

x9 | Rank #39

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well ; even ; however; no matter how; even if; even though ; ... or something ; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... ; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only ; for lack of anything better to do

何(なに)事(ごと)もなかったかのように

x1 | Rank #21,365

as if nothing had happened

存(そん)在(ざい)

x1 | Rank #474

existence; being; presence

でしょ

x1 | Rank #131

it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder ; right?; don't you agree?

でしょう

x13 | Rank #151

it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder ; right?; don't you agree?

ただ

x3 | Rank #167

ordinary; common; usual ; free of charge ; unaffected; as is; safe ; only; merely; just; simply ; but; however; nevertheless

少(すこ)し

x3 | Rank #216

a little; a bit; a small amount; a few; some; slightly; somewhat ; a little while; a short time; a moment; a minute ; a little way; a short distance

溶(と)ける

x1 | Rank #4,179

to melt; to thaw; to fuse ; to dissolve

柔(やわ)らかい

x1 | Rank #3,080

soft; tender; supple; flexible; limber; limp ; gentle; mild; soft; mellow ; light (topic, book, etc.); informal ; flexible (thinking, mind, etc.); malleable; adaptable

これ

x17 | Rank #33

this; this one ; this person ; now; this point (in time) ; here ; used to stress the subject of a sentence ; I; me

ごく最(さい)近(きん)

x1 | Rank #44,953

very recently; in the very recent past

誰(だれ)か

x2 | Rank #298

someone; somebody

という

x9 | Rank #66

called; named; that says; that ; as many as; as much as ; all ...; every single ...

証(しょう)拠(こ)

x10 | Rank #957

evidence; proof

犯(はん)人(にん)

x16 | Rank #499

offender; criminal; culprit

手(て)

x1 | Rank #127

hand; arm ; forepaw; foreleg ; handle ; hand; worker; help ; trouble; care; effort ; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship ; hand; handwriting ; kind; type; sort ; one's hands; one's possession ; ability to cope

で

x44 | Rank #11

at; in ; at; when ; by; with ; within; in ; and then; so ; and; then ; let me tell you; don't you know

持(も)って来(く)る

x1 | Rank #48,339

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

相(そう)当(とう)

x1 | Rank #1,623

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to ; appropriate; suitable; befitting; proportionate ; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with; to be deserving of; to be worthy of ; considerable; substantial ; considerably; rather; quite; fairly; pretty

焦(あせ)る

x2 | Rank #2,241

to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to fret ; to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered; to be startled

相(あい)変(か)わらず

x1 | Rank #1,177

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

目(め)ざとい

x1 | Rank #33,037

sharp-eyed; keen-eyed ; easily awakened

１(ひと)つ

x1 | Rank #742

one ; for one thing ; only ; (not) even ; just (e.g. "just try it") ; some kind of; one type of

一(ひと)つ

x1 | Rank #415

one ; for one thing ; only ; (not) even ; just (e.g. "just try it") ; some kind of; one type of

買(か)う

x2 | Rank #408

to buy; to purchase ; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize ; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour) ; to accept; to take on; to take up ; to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)

行(い)く

x6 | Rank #79

to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for) ; to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road) ; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along ; to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try ; to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by ; to stream; to flow ; to die; to pass away ; to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...) ; to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive ; to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...

なる

x14 | Rank #43

to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain ; to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be) ; to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of ; to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished ; to change (into); to turn (into); to transform ; to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do) ; to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make ; to play (the part of); to act as ; to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as ; to be promoted

理(り)由(ゆう)

x2 | Rank #377

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

間(ま)違(ちが)える

x2 | Rank #1,820

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to do incorrectly ; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse

から

x31 | Rank #12

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since ; from (originator); by ; because; since ; out of (constituent, part) ; through (e.g. window, vestibule) ; after; since ; expresses sympathy or warning

もし

x1 | Rank #382

if; in case; supposing

倒(とう)叙(じょ)

x2 | Rank #117,768

reverse chronological order

ミステリ

x3 | Rank #44,062

mystery

する

x19 | Rank #19

to do; to carry out; to perform ; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) ; to serve as; to act as; to work as ; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.) ; to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as ; to decide on; to choose ; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) ; to be (in a state, condition, etc.) ; to be worth; to cost ; to pass (of time); to elapse

きっと

x3 | Rank #273

surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent) ; sternly; severely ; having no slack; rigid; stiff; tight ; suddenly; abruptly; instantly

あっという間(ま)に

x1 | Rank #5,683

in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that

逮(たい)捕(ほ)

x1 | Rank #2,107

arrest; apprehension; capture

て

x12 | Rank #20

you said; he said; she said; they said ; even if ; do you seriously think that ; I already told you; you should know by now that; of course ; the said ...; said ... ; says that ... ; I hear that ... ; as for the term ... ; as for ...

って

x7 | Rank #15

しまう

x2 | Rank #583

to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close ; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up ; to put away; to put back; to keep; to store ; to do completely; to finish ; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

何(なに)

x14 | Rank #30

what ; you-know-what; that thing ; whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name ; penis; (one's) thing; dick ; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest ; what?; huh? ; hey!; come on! ; oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)

最(さい)初(しょ)

x2 | Rank #384

beginning; outset; first; onset

分(わ)かる

x8 | Rank #130

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow ; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out ; I know!; I think so too!

なんて

x10 | Rank #84

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

面(おも)白(しろ)い

x3 | Rank #681

interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling ; amusing; funny; comical ; enjoyable; fun; entertaining; pleasant; agreeable ; good; satisfactory; favourable; desirable; encouraging

ない

x10 | Rank #1,614

dead

じゃない

x8 | Rank #45

is not; am not; are not ; isn't it?

とんでもない

x1 | Rank #1,905

unthinkable; unexpected; absurd; outrageous; preposterous; terrible ; absolutely not!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way! ; (it was) no bother at all; not at all; don't mention it

こそ

x2 | Rank #337

it is ... that ...; precisely; in particular; definitely; for sure; only (when, after, because, etc.) ; although; while; it is the case that ... but ; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ... ; not at all; not in the slightest; absolutely not; never

読(どく)者(しゃ)

x1 | Rank #3,977

reader

犯(おか)す

x3 | Rank #2,781

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to make (e.g. mistake) ; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to transgress; to contravene ; to rape; to violate; to ravish; to deflower

ミス

x10 | Rank #1,989

mistake; error; blunder

や

x4 | Rank #72

such things as ...; and ... and ; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as ; be; is ; o; oh ; huh; what ; hi ; yes; what? ; yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it?

仕(し)掛(か)ける

x1 | Rank #2,228

to start; to begin; to commence ; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war); to draw (a reaction) from ; to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines) ; to make a meld call

トリック

x1 | Rank #5,365

trick

について

x3 | Rank #473

about; on; regarding; concerning ; per; for every

集(しゅう)中(ちゅう)

x1 | Rank #1,770

concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention ; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; convergence; focus (of a debate, questions, etc.) ; within a collection of works

推(すい)理(り)

x4 | Rank #3,947

reasoning; inference; deduction ; mystery genre; detective genre

できる

x7 | Rank #3,609

to be out of; to have no more at hand

探(たん)偵(てい)

x4 | Rank #2,204

detective; investigator; sleuth ; detective work; secret investigation

追(お)い詰(つ)める

x1 | Rank #3,437

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

気(き)持(も)ち

x1 | Rank #205

feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind ; preparedness; readiness; attitude ; thought; sentiment; consideration; solicitude; gratitude ; slightly; a bit; a little

寄(よ)り添(そ)う

x1 | Rank #6,954

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

ドキドキ

x3 | Rank #2,160

thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; pitapat; pitter-patter ; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound; to palpitate

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